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# Automated Workflow System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automated-workflow-system-ocds-h6vhtk-058224). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Of York (Pelican): "Automated Workflow System". Published status: complete. Published Value: £80,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University Of York (Pelican)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-york-pelican-urn-133913)
- **Published Value:** £80,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 September 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** UKE21
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £100,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automated-workflow-system-ocds-h6vhtk-058224#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058224`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automated-workflow-system-ocds-h6vhtk-058224#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fyork%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automated-workflow-system-ocds-h6vhtk-058224#participate

## Description
The system is to provide derivatisation of archaeological lipid extracts using N,O-Bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA). The system should enable sample derivatisation and preparation for injection to occur concurrently with the GC-MS analysis of the preceding sample. The primary objectives are to improve process consistency, maximise instrument efficiency, and minimise manual handling, sample loss, and the risk of cross-contamination. Scope is to include the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning and associated services.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38000000

- **Estimated Value:** £80,000

- **Contract Period:** 21/09/2025 to 30/11/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **DA VINCI LABORATORY SOLUTIONS UK & IRELAND LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140046`
  - Value: £100,000 † (inc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000
  - Signed Date: 16/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F046384-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-08T09:40:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:40:09.177Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058224